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Betterטוֹבis a poor manרָשׁwho walksהוֹלֵךְin his integrityבְּתֻמּוֹthan one crookedמֵעִקֵּשׁin his lips,שְׂפָתָיוwhoוְהוּאis senseless.כְסִיל
Proverbs 19:1
Study it in the app“Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than one crooked in his lips, who is senseless.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 19:1, word by word
- Betterטוֹבtov
better
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appears- is a poor manרָשׁrash
be poor
Be poor, lack possessions.
Where else “rash” appears- who walksהוֹלֵךְholech
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “holech” appears- in his integrityתֻמּtum
integrity
Living uprightly, with pure intent.
Where else “tum” appears- than one crookedעִקֵּשׁikesh
crooked
Crooked, not going straight.
Where else “ikesh” appears- in his lipsשְׂפָתָיsefatay
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefatay” appears- is senselessכְסִילchesil
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “chesil” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Also, for a soul without knowledge it is not good, and whoever hurries with his feet sins.